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    Hosta June

    Hosta June

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    Hosta 'June' is one of the world's most admired hostas, prized for its spectacular variegated foliage and exceptional garden performance. Its thick blue-green leaves feature striking golden-yellow centres that gradually soften to creamy chartreuse through summer, creating a colourful display from spring until autumn.

    Forming a neat, compact mound, Hosta June is perfect for shaded borders, woodland gardens, containers and underplanting trees and shrubs. During summer, elegant spikes of pale lavender flowers rise above the foliage, attracting bees and adding another layer of seasonal interest.

    Why You'll Love Hosta June

    • Award-winning variegated foliage
    • Blue-green leaves with golden-yellow centres
    • Beautiful pale lavender summer flowers
    • Excellent for shaded gardens
    • Attractive foliage from spring through autumn
    • Perfect for borders and containers
    • Highly frost hardy
    • Easy-care and long-lived

    • Expected 5 Year Height 0.45 M Width 0.8 M

    Is Hosta June suitable for my garden?

    Hosta June is best suited in a position that gets

    • Partial shade
    • Shade

    Hosta June is

    • Perennial
    • Winter Dormant
    • Frost Tolerant
    • Groundcover
    • Flowering
    • Fast-growing
    • Cold hardy

    Hosta June will thrive in soil that is

    • Nutrient rich
    • Free draining
    • Normal

    How to establish your Hosta June?

    Plant Hosta June in part shade to full shade.

    For best performance:

    Morning sun with afternoon shade produces the brightest foliage colours.
    Full shade is ideal in hotter regions.
    Avoid prolonged hot afternoon sun, which can scorch the leaves.

    How to maintain your Hosta June once established?

    Water regularly while the plant establishes.

    Hosta June prefers consistently moist soil.

    During dry weather:

    Water deeply once or twice each week.
    Apply mulch to help retain soil moisture.
    Avoid prolonged dry conditions.

    For lush foliage:

    Apply compost annually in spring.
    Use a balanced slow-release fertiliser as new shoots emerge.
    Mulch around the base to improve soil structure and moisture retention.

    Very little pruning is required.

    Throughout the season:

    Remove damaged or yellowing leaves.
    Cut spent flower stems after flowering if desired.
    Winter
    Allow foliage to naturally die back.
    Remove old leaves once dormant.
    Fresh shoots will emerge in spring.

    Hosta June benefits from division every 4–5 years.

    Division helps:

    Rejuvenate mature clumps.
    Maintain vigorous growth.
    Produce additional plants.

    Divide during early spring or autumn.

    Although Hosta June has relatively thick leaves, young shoots can still attract slugs and snails.

    For best results:

    Monitor emerging spring growth.
    Remove hiding places around the plant.
    Use environmentally friendly slug control if required.

    Hosta June is highly frost hardy and well suited to New Zealand gardens.

    Winter care is simple:

    Allow the plant to become dormant naturally.
    Remove old foliage after frost.
    Mulch lightly during winter if desired.

    Hosta June is an outstanding container plant.

    For best results:

    Use a premium moisture-retentive potting mix.
    Position in part shade.
    Water regularly throughout summer.
    Feed lightly each spring.

    Its colourful foliage makes it an excellent feature for patios and shaded courtyards.
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